Poems in the wild #22

Turns out I totally thought I had posted this poem about a week ago, but no! Being on leave will do that to you.

Poem #22 (8 of spades) was released at the Forum Theatre during the Melbourne International Film Festival. (It was dark, yo.)

Ghosts of university

Slink into the house like a slogan

Expectant and pretentious

Hiss at stink of contradiction

Appreciation and hindsight

Slides degrees under the heads

Of sleeping children

I will remove those splinters

Before they wake to infect

Cleave an expectation.